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With all the attention focused on Blake Griffin, it’s somewhat amazing that he has been improving one of his worst weaknesses and there hasn’t been much notice. At the beginning of the season, if you would have asked anyone what Blake needed to improve, they would have said defense and free throws. John Hol[...]

Third quarter surge, on the road, with Eric Gordon back in LA. Yes, that really happened. The Clippers started the game off shaky, allowing the Bobcats to shoot almost 70 percent in the quarter and because, improbably, Boris Diaw imposed his will. Buoyed by a strong opening stanza, Diaw had 15 points on 7 for 10 shooti[...]

For most teams, a five game road trip would be circled on the calendar as a daunting obstacle. However, the Clippers just returned from an 11 game road trip 10 days ago, so this won’t seem like a sojourn so much as a jaunt out to the eastern countryside to play with some cronies. Kidding aside, the Clippers did l[...]

J.R. Smith was streaking on the fast break, dribbling with his right hand and ready to throw down a momentum swinging jam. Smith’s dunk would have brought the Nuggets to 86-83 with only 4:33 remaining. Smith leapt and rocked the ball high up ready for the dunk, but he didn’t see Eric Bledsoe filling in from[...]

The Clippers have a healthy team, but the hopes for this season are over. So what’s to expect for their remaining 20 games? Like I said in the previous post, the Clippers have no motivation to tank and get a higher pick, since the Cavs own those rights, so what does the team need to work on? Free throws. The Clip[...]

Eric Gordon’s mohawk was a rare brash signal from the Clippers leading scorer that he didn’t want to be forgotten. Trust me, Eric, no one forgot you. Over the course of the last month, EJ’s absence has been the obvious go-to excuse any time the Clippers didn’t have enough, whether it be three po[...]

Every team talks about winning every game, but teams without a hope never seem to play quite as hard as they did in the beginning of the year. The lack of motivation is easy to understand, players have had their carrot taken away from them, but a systemic motivation to play worse exists as well. Bad play results in a h[...]

Finally, the Clippers played a solid third quarter on the road, setting themselves up for the first road win since their win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. But the Clippers’ offense stalled, scoring 16 points in the fourth quarter, the same amount of points as the newly acquired King Marcus Thornton. DeAndre Jo[...]